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EU and UK citizens have free movement of rights until the day the UK withdraws from the EU - 29 March 2019. This, in effect, is the cut-off date for EU citizens moving to the UK.
Anyone who arrives before Brexit day will have the right to stay.
Those who are yet to be granted permanent residency in the UK will have their rights protected, so they can still acquire it after withdrawal.
The latest deal also includes reunification rights for relatives who do not live in the UK, to join them in the future.
These rights extend to future spouses or partners of EU citizens.
Those EU citizens living in the UK will have their rights enshrined in UK law and enforced by British courts, though the European Court of Justice will have jurisdiction over EU citizens' rights for eight years after the withdrawal day.
EU citizens in the UK will have equal access to social security, health care, education and employment.
But they - and UK citizens in the EU - would lose their rights to residency if they are out of the country for five or more years.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42279408
So the severe watering-down of brexit has truly begun. Many voted thinking EU nationals would only be able to work and live here with a visa or work permit for worthwhile jobs we require filling. Not scrap and clothing collectors, widow and car washers living off State Benefits. This has made a mockery of those hopes.